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Saturday, September 29, 2018

THE HILARIOUS MISADVENTURES OF A HOTEL GUEST, A FLOCK OF RAMPAGING SEAGULLS, AND A STASH OF PEPPERONI -17 years after he and the birds trashed his luxurious room, the hotel grants him a pardon

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The Empress Hotel is an icon in the city of Victoria, British Columbia. Large and luxurious, it sits by the beautiful harbor that is also home to flocks of seagulls. This hilarious true story with its cascading sequence of disastrous events sounds like something out of a movie. Visualize it and laugh out loud.

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Lifetime ban from Empress for pepperoni seagull fiasco has been lifted

By Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

A Nova Scotia man has received a "pardon" from the Fairmont Empress for his lifetime ban from the iconic Victoria hotel after he inadvertently trashed one of their rooms with a pack of pepperoni and a flock of seagulls.

It all happened 17 years ago when Nick Burchill booked a room at the Empress for a work conference. Burchill was also in the Canadian Naval Reserve and his Navy buddies asked that he bring some Brother’s pepperoni, a Halifax delicacy.

Because this was the Navy we were talking about, I brought enough for a ship,” Burchill wrote in a March 28 Facebook post about the ordeal, which has gone viral.

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HAWK FLEES HURRICANE HARVEY IN TEXAS AND SEEKS REFUGE IN A TAXI - Hawk refuses to leave and makes himself at home in William Brusso's place - Watch VIDEOS

Animals sense upcoming catastrophes and this very intelligent hawk, perhaps with some physical injury, thought the best way to hunker down during Hurricane Harvey was in a cozy place, such as William Brusso's taxi cab, and then his home. Brusso is an animal lover, so this bird may have sensed he was the kind of person to ask for help.

Take cover! The moment a hawk flew into a taxi and refused to get out as hurricane Harvey barreled towards Texas

William Bruso was buying food before Hurricane Harvey hit Houston on Friday

He returned to his taxi cab and a hawk jumped into the passenger seat

Bruso said the bird looked scared with its wings tucked close to its side

The man filmed the strange interaction and posted the video to Facebook

Bruso named the animal Harvey the Hurricane Hawk and kept it at his home

The Houston man handed the bird over to Texas Wildlife Rescue Center Saturday

A man filmed the moment a hawk wouldn't budge from his taxi cab as Hurricane Harvey barreled towards Texas. As thousands evacuated the Houston area ahead of the Category 4 hurricane and others hunkered down, one hawk sought refuge in a car in Houston on Friday.

Continue reading, see more pictures, and watch VIDEOS of Harvey the Hawk making himself at home at William Bruso's place.

BIRDS OF ALL FEATHERS JOIN FORCES WHEN WATCHING OUT FOR DEADLY ARMY ANTS

When army ants move out, a new study found that, instead of chasing each other away, birds work together to follow the column and hunt the insects that marching ants scare out of hiding.

Ruddy woodcreeper,
a bivouac-checking species

Finding that birds largely work together to forage at army ant raids seems to demonstrate that cooperation is a better survival strategy than trying to keep food from the raids for their own species.

In watching for the raids and the flocks that "attend" them, a key to avian cooperation may be what are termed "bivouac-checking" birds.

These are birds that perch near the sites where army ants make their nests (bivouacs) and watch to see where and when the ants move.

So when bivouac-checking birds see the movement of the columns and take off, other birds take the cue. They either know birds like the ocellated antbird follow ant columns or recognize vocalizations the specialized birds make when chasing the colonies.

Birds may use each other as a way of finding army ant raids, which are very hard to locate in the forest because they are widely spaced and the ants are mobile.

Army ants scare up a lot of food when they're on the move, which makes following them valuable for predator birds. But instead of competing and chasing each other off from the ant "raids," as scientists had thought, birds actually give each other a heads up when the ants are marching, according to a new Drexel University study.

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STUDY: CARTOONS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PHOTOS IN PERSUADING THE PUBLIC - Global warming advocates hope to use cartoons to manipulate the public with discredited arguments

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This blog loves good political cartoons. A scientific study found that they are more persuasive than photos in helping you understand a point of view and make up your mind.
The reason is that a good political cartoon, such as the dozens published regularly here on THE NEWS IN CARTOONS can powerfully summarize in a single image a message that a photograph alone cannot.
A cartoon more than a photo will go straight to our heart and our mind. And then there is the irresistible element of good quality humor, which we love.
Of course this is a communication method that can be used for good or for evil. The National Socialist Party of Germany - AKA Nazis - used cartoons to incite racial hatred and violence.
On the other side of the pond American cartoonists availed themselves of cartoons to inspire patriotism and the need to fight tyranny and genocide in Europe.

Leftist ideologues desperate to persuade the increasingly skeptical public about global warming and climate change were the instigators of this study.
A cartoon can become a medium for flawed or misleading scientific messages such as many of those advocated by the left. Leftists defend wind farms in spite of the fact that they kill millions of birds and make people who live in the vicinity very sick.
The same environmentalists have remained completely silent at the scourge of nuclear power plants, although nuclear waste and nuclear meltdowns are more dangerous to life on the planet than anything climate change may do in the next thousand years.
In the end, all is fair in love and war. It is up to us to be skeptical of what the media are selling.

The left wants to learn more about mind manipulation through cartoons

SCIENCE DAILY - If you're creating a message to educate, inform, or persuade, don't underestimate the power of a well-executed cartoon. A new study suggests if you're trying to convince the public to change their stance on a topic, you may be more successful if you use a cartoon rather than a photograph. Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES).

"Photographs were shown to be more credible, but cartoons were more likely to change behavior," says U of I agricultural communications professor Lulu Rodriguez who led the study. " Participants in the study said the content was better in the cartoon brochures (even though the text was identical), but the credibility was lower than the brochures using photographs.

A cartoon grabs people's attention long enough to deliver the message. That's what you need in today's message-heavy atmosphere. Why not use a tool that has proven ability to cut through the others and inform people in a way that actually works?" "It may be because of the more light-hearted approach of cartoons," Rodriquez says.

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DUCKS WITH IDENTITY ISSUES - THEY THINK THEY ARE FLAMINGOS

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Pretending Ducks

They say 'fake it until you make it', but just how far would you go? These ducks-turned-flamingos are proof you can be whoever you want to! As one commenter put it, 'If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a flamingo'… So take it as a lesson, and don't let anyone tell you you're a duck!

See more photos of ducks impersonating flamingos

ADORABLE CAPYBARAS, OWLS, AND TERRIFYING CAIMANS TAKE OVER RIO OLYMPICS GOLF COURSE - They appear outraged at the commotion and invasion of their territory

Rio's official Olympics golf course is located between two lakes within the Marapendi Natural Reserve

The area is home to a number of animals, some which have reared their heads as the players train

A burrowing owl created a stir on Tuesday as it poked its head from a den in a bunker on the ninth hole

Players already reported seeing capybaras - the worlds largest rodent - and a caiman, a close relative of an alligator

The animals are NOT amused.

The largest rodent in the world happens to be the super-cute capybara.

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MOTHER GOOSE INSISTENTLY PLEADS POLICE OFFICER FOR HELP - She kept pecking and pecking the officer. When he followed her, he found a baby goose tangled up in a balloon string. The officer freed the little gosling, who walked happily away with his mom

When you’re in trouble, call the police. It’s something we’re all taught since childhood, but it seems even animals know to seek out the boys in blue when danger approaches.

Officer James Givens was on patrol in a parking lot when a distressed goose approached him and wouldn’t leave him alone.

“This goose came up and started pecking on the side of the car,” Givens told The Dodo.

“I threw some food out for her, but she didn’t take it. She just kept pecking and quacking.” The goose kept looking at Givens so he decided to follow her.

“She led me about 100 yards away to this grassy area near a creek. That’s when I saw one of her babies all tangled up in some string from a balloon. His little feet were kicking,” said Givens. “She led me straight to him.”

Givens’s colleague officer Cecilia Charron, from the Cincinnati Police Department, volunteered to help with the trapped gosling and untangled the baby.

“The mother goose just watched, like she knew,” said Givens. Once free, the gosling was reunited with his mother.

The string was tied to a Mother’s Day balloon among some of the litter near Mill Creek.

Givens shot video on his cellphone. He and Specialist Cecilia Charron called the SPCA, but no one was immediately available to come out. So Charron took matters into her own hands.

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ADORABLE OWLS SHARE A LEAF AS AN UMBRELLA - Also see pictures of frogs doing the same thing

Tiny owls huddle together using a leaf as an UMBRELLA to protect themselves from downpour near Jakarta, Indonesia. Photographer Tanto Yensen, 36, had to use plastic covering to protect his lens as he took the photo in torrential rain

See photos of frogs using a leaf as umbrella

LOYAL PENGUIN "DINDIM" SWIMS 5,000 MILES EVERY YEAR TO VISIT MAN WHO NURSED HIM TO HEALTH after he found him dying on a beach covered with oil - Brazilian rescuer loves Dindim as if he were his own son - WATCH VIDEO

'I love the penguin like it's my own child and I believe the penguin loves me': Bird swims 5,000 MILES every year to visit Brazilian man who nursed it back to life after he found it covered in oil and dying on a beach

Pensioner Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, discovered dying penguin on beach

He nursed creature, which was covered in oil, back to health at his home

Mr de Souza named the creature Dindim and released him back into wild

Dindim goes off to breed but always returns to stay at Mr de Souza's home

This incredible video shows the touching relationship between a penguin and the Brazilian man who rescued him from certain death.

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STUNNING IMAGES OF 'GREEN TORNADO' OF 80,000 BUDGIES FLYING OVER AN AUSTRALIAN WATERHOLE - See also huge dark clouds of birds flying over Israel, as at least half a billion of them follow their migration routes twice a year

Breathtaking photos by British photographer Paul Williams show 80,000 budgies form a 'green tornado' as they flock over a waterhole in the Australian outback

Stunning photographs have emerged of the dazzling moment tens of thousands of budgies are tornadoing through the sky in a vivid spectacle.

See more images of these budgies, as well as amazing pictures of strange patterns made by millions of birds on migrating routes over Israel and WATCH VIDEO.

DOG AND DUCK WERE INSEPARABLE FRIENDS AT ANIMAL SHELTER, SO THEY HAD TO BE ADOPTED TOGETHER

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Quackers or the paw-fect friendship? Dog and duck who had an unlikely friendship at animal shelter are adopted together

A dog and his unlikely best friend will be able to continue their friendship after being adopted from a Texas shelter together.

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THE DAY A CUTE BABY OWL STOOD UP TO A COP IN A STARING CONTEST in the middle of the road - Watch video of the encounter, plus another one with a compilation of other baby owl videos

The owl and the policeman: Colorado cop catches adorable encounter with unfazed baby bird on body camera during stop on secluded mountain road

Video of a Colorado deputy's encounter with a curious, clicking baby owl delighted animal-lovers on Friday after authorities posted footage of the unusual meeting online.
The deputy was driving near the small town of Nederland when she and a colleague were stopped in their tracks by the young northern saw-whet owl, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said.
'Hi, what's up?' says the deputy in the footage as she approaches the small bird on a woodland road. Unfazed, the young owl clicks back in response.
'After some curious head twisting (on both sides) it safely flew away,' the sheriff's office said in a statement on social media
The sheriff's office said the cute encounter took place in the area of Rainbow Lakes Campground, a few miles northwest of Nederland, but that it was not revealing the exact location in order to protect the owl's nest.

Watch video of the encounter, plus another video with a compilation of adorable baby owls.

AMAZING PHOTOS OF BIRDS PASSING OVER ISRAEL on their usual migration routes - See resources on BIRDING IN ISRAEL

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At least half a billion birds pass TWICE over Israel each year on their migration routes.

See more images and access information on Israeli birds

BOB, THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO LOVES TO SNUGGLE UP WITH HIS ANIMAL FRIENDS, including birds and hamsters

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Dog-tor Doolittle: Pet pooch is friends with other animals…and loves nothing more than snuggling up to his hamster and bird pals

Luiz Higa Junior got Bob the golden retriever when he was four months old
Since then, he has been happy to snuggle up with other pets in his home
Pictures of the dog lounging around with his friends have been a hit online

Read more and see additional images of these animal friendships

SOME CATERPILLARS DISGUISE THEMSELVES AS BIRD POO TO AVOID BEING EATEN - AND IT WORKS! Caterpillars of Japanese moths have found the way to triple their chances of survival. - ALSO, there is a kind of BIRD WHOSE PLUMAGE MIMICS A TOXIC CATERPILLAR when he is a chick

The expression "You look like SH-T this morning" may be a compliment to the survival instinct of caterpillars, as it significantly improves their chances of making it to the moth stage.

Caterpillars of Japanese moths contort their black and white bodies at rest

These postures make them look like bird droppings on a branch or leaf

Researchers found that birds actively avoid caterpillars that do this

Scientists found the disguise can increase triple their chances of survival

Although this might look like a bird dropping dangling delicately from a leaf, it is actually the caterpillar of a moth called Apochima juglansiaria. Its black and white colouring makes it stand out but researchers found that by bending its body while resting on the leaf, birds tend to be tricked into thinking it is a dropping

Continue reading about caterpillars pretending to be bird poo, and about a bird whose chicks have plumage that makes them look like a toxic caterpillar.

HARRY POTTER TOUR ACCUSED OF CRUELTY - TERRIFIED OWLS KEPT IN CAGES with camera flashes going off all around them - Profiting from the enslavement and distress of innocent animals.

Magical Harry Potter tour branded 'cruel'

as terrified owls are kept in cages

By Lydia Willgress - Mail Online

Owls also lined up on posts at The Making of Harry Potter tour

Visitors encouraged to touch the birds and take photos, campaigners said

Secret footage of the tour obtained by PETA at the end of February

Tour spokesman insisted the owls' welfare was of 'paramount importance'

JK Rowling, Harry Potter books' author, has previously warned readers against keeping owls and stated that the birds should not be shut in small cages and kept in houses.

JK Rowling told fans: 'If your owl-mania seeks concrete expression, why not sponsor an owl at a bird-sanctuary where you can visit and know that you have secured him or her a happy, healthy life.'

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GIRL GIVES FOOD TO THE CROWS, AND THEY BRING HER GIFTS IN GRATITUDE - Eight-year old Gabi Mann has a large collection of gifts from her friends, the neighborhood crows

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Crows can identify people. If you visit a park and feed a crow, he will recognize you next time and proceed to follow you flying short distances to place himself just ahead of you while cawing for food.

Gabi Mann lives in Seattle, Washington, where local crows bring her gifts

The birds began following her after finding she accidentally dropped food

In 2013 she began leaving food for the neighbourhood crows in her garden

The birds have brought her more than 70 beads, buttons and piece of metal

Her most prized present is a heart-shaped pendant left on the feeding table

Another of her favourites is half a friendship pendant with the word 'best'

Gabi and her mother leave nuts for the crows on a bird feeder (above) along with fresh water in a water bath.

Continue reading this story and see links to related articles

AMAZING PICTURE OF A WEASEL HITCHING A RIDE ON THE BACK OF A WOODPECKER IN FLIGHT - See also photo-shopped versions with famous characters.

The stunning photograph shows the tiny brown animal clinging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight across Hornchurch Country Park in east London.

Although all appears rather amicable in the incredible image, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said the small mammal had actually pounced on the bird as its next victim.

Following a tumble in the grass,
the green woodpecker managed to escape

The photographer said: 'We walked further up to where it had all happened and couldn't see any sign of the weasel so I assume it had ran back off into the grass, hungry.

'It looked as good as it could have considering it had just escaped being eaten by a weasel.'

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2977184/Stop-goes-weasel-Woodpecker-pictured-flight-small-mammal-hitching-lift-back.html

More articles on birds on this blog:
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Animals%20-%20Birds

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How the internet is having fun photo-shopping this unique picture:

Above: Toy Story character Elliot Wagland, Myles Cyrus, John Travolta, and Chelsea captain John Terry.

Even Vladimir Putin

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2978061/On-wing-pair-Internet-reacts-stunning-action-picture-weasel-hitching-ride-woodpecker.html

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Monday, February 16, 2015

THE BIRD WITH THE CUTEST SMILE - The Australian Tawny Frogmouth smiles for the camera

Smile for the camera! Bird called the Tawny frogmouth grins for his close up from his perch.

Bizarre-looking bird was spotted in Queensland on Australia's east coast

Nocturnal animal was perched on a branch next to two fellow frogmouths

The amateur photographer was amazed by creature's startled-looking smile

Birds often camoflauged in golden shower trees, known as Cassia Fistula

It may not have the sweetest-sounding name - but apparently this Tawny frogmouth still has plenty to smile about.

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TOP RAVENS DISRUPT NEW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RAVEN COUPLES - Just one way of staying on top and undermining competition. It means more territory and food for themselves.

By Elizabeth Preston

If we’re lucky, this is behavior we haven’t seen since high school. The coolest individuals can’t stand to see others gaining social status, so they cut down any peers who are starting to elevate themselves.

Photo: A male raven preens in the warm spring sunshine

Photo Michael S. Quinton National Geographic

Ravens have to live with this behavior all the time. When the top-dog birds see others building new relationships, they attack these birds or put themselves in the middle. They may as well be spreading rumors or defacing each other’s lockers.

Wild ravens living in Austria were the ones to reveal this behavior to scientists. The ravens, a group of about 300 birds in the Austrian Alps, have discovered that a local zoo is a convenient source of food.

So the wild birds hang around the captive animals year-round (they especially like the wild boar enclosure) and steal their provisions. Because of this, they’re used to seeing humans nearby.
Continue reading - Ravens can also point, and share objects with other ravens.

DANGEROUS PET FOOD ALERT

2014 - JERKY PET TREATS ARE KILLING DOGS.

At least one thousand dogs have been killed and over 5000 made seriously ill. This has been going on for months. No action from FDA so far. Read more:
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/05/thousands-of-american-dogs-sickened-and.html
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Also check this website for the latest pet food recalls. Filter for either cat or dog products. (Please note that manufacturers often voluntarily recall products so they won't appear on this list.)
https://www.avma.org/news/issues/recalls-alerts/pages/pet-food-safety-recalls-alerts.aspx?fvalue=Cat
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If at all possible, try to feed your pet people food. The web has samples of pet food recipes and information on what is nutritionally best for dogs and cats. Giving them people food will save you money in the long run, with a healthier pet and fewer visits to the vet.

USA and EU GIVE BILLIONS TO PALESTINIANS, who use money to pay salaries TO TERRORISTS WHO KILL JEWS

ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE A BALLET DANCER ~~~ Hallel Jafa Ariel was only 13, and was sleeping in her home in Israel after a ballet public performance, when a Palestinian from a neighboring village stabbed her multiple times, killing her. ~~~ The terrorist's mother lauded her son as a HERO. ~~~ The Palestinian Authority now pays the terrorist's family a substantial salary for life as a reward, ~~~ The Palestinian Authority spends enormous amounts of money paying salaries to terrorists or their families. ~~~ AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS HAVE CONTRACTED OUT THE ARABS TO KILL JEWS IN ISRAEL ~~~ CLICK ON IMAGE to read more about HALLEL and her tragic end

DO PLANTS HAVE INTELLIGENCE? Latest research indicates they do

Plants have between 15 and 20 senses, some of them analogous to our five senses. ~~~ Plants are able to sense and respond to light, water, gravity, temperature, soil structure, nutrients, toxins, microbes, herbivores, and chemical signals from other plants. This could not be done without an informational processing system. ~~~ They can form alliances with insects to use them as bodyguards, and when threatened by predators, they can summon them by using chemical signals. ~~~ They can get useful insects hooked on the drugs they make. ~~~ They use chemical warfare to fight enemies. ~~~ READ MORE fascinating facts about plant intelligence by clicking on these flowers..

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MENTAL ILLNESS AND ISLAM - What science says about it

The sciences of GENETICS and EPIGENTICS demonstrate that human EVOLUTION is still ongoing. ~~~ Changes in the human genome occur as a result of many factors in the physical and cultural environment. ~~~ Studies demonstrate that GENETIC CHANGES occur even during the lifetime of a person, and they can be inherited by their children. ~~~ In the case of ISLAM we have to consider 14 centuries of harsh indoctrination and cultural violence, repressed normal sexuality, and a lifestyle rooted in 7th century Arabia, in sharp conflict with 21st century science and culture. ~~~ MUSLIM UPBRINGING includes mental and physical abuse, and often sexual abuse of boys and girls as well. - The INBREEDING factor is also significant. Marriages to first cousins are very common, resulting too often in children with physical and mental disabilities. ~~~ The incidence of MENTAL ILLNESS and mental disability among Muslims has been all but ignored by countries that are importing millions of Muslim migrants. - This genetic factor may explain why second and third generation of Western Muslims have difficulty controliing emotions, and sometimes engage in actions of extreme violence. CLICK ON IMAGE TO READ MORE

IN PRAISE OF HEROES - Fighting wildfires or preventing a massacre on a French train

THE FEMINIST CULTURE denigrates men and ignores their heroic nature and their dignity. - It is MEN who we rely on to face the most life-threatening dangers and to save our lives and property.. - READ article on the men who gave up their lives fighting wildfires in Washington State, and the three US marines who stopped a Muslim from perpetrating a massacre on a French train. - READ article debunking the MYTH OF MALE PRIVILEGE. - In fact, men are mistreated by our society. WAR VETERANS languish without proper medical care, and are often homeless. - CLICK ON IMAGE to read articles

SKINNING AND OFTEN COOKING DOGS AND CATS ALIVE IN CHINA AND OTHER S.E. ASIAN COUNTRIES

It is disturbing that countries with thousands of years of civilization allow the torture of dogs and cats to be used for FOOD and the FUR INDUSTRY. - This is LEGAL in China and acceptable practice in Vietnam, Cambodia, and other S.E. Asian countries. - We have trade, diplomatic, and educational links with those nations, and in this way we are also indirectly COMPLICIT with this horror. - Hundreds of thousands of DOGS and CATS are tortured this way each year. - This PHOTO shows a puppy at a dog market in China (probably a stolen pet), lovingly pleading for attention. Later he was skinned alive. - CLICK on image to read more about this inhumane tradition, and to see related images, including those of dogs being boiled alive.

PRIONS FROM SICK DEER CAN PASS FROM DEER TO GRASS TO COW TO HUMAN - PRIONS CAUSE BRAIN DISEASES

PRIONS (tiny disease-causing agents) from SICK DEER's urine and feces can bind to PLANT roots and then travel to stem and leaves. - PRIONS are then consumed by grazing COWS, who can pass the prion infection on to HUMANS. - WHAT IS AMAZING about this is how cows can contract a serious animal disease by way of a plant. - Prions are responsible for several serious BRAIN DISEASES in animals and humans. PRIONS cause MAD COW, Creutzfeld-Jacob, and several other brain diseases, and have been linked to ALZHEIMER'S. CLICK ON IMAGE to read more.

EARTH GRAVITY WAVES RIPPLING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE

The upper atmosphere is not only disturbed by SOLAR storms but by EARTH gravity waves as well - Gravity waves are born when air masses are pushed up or down by a thunderstorm, perhaps, or when wind is forced up and over a mountain range. When they reach the upper atmosphere these waves have built in amplitude and extent. They can dominate atmospheric processes sometimes threatening the reliability of Earth-based communication systems. - CLICK on image to read more and watch video of computer-generated model of gravity waves.

WHAT EARTHQUAKE AND OTHER DISASTER EXPERTS DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

READ ABOUT THE BIG ONE. Also, whether as a result of a mega-earthquake, large tsunami, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event (from a giant solar flare or from a terror attack that would fry the power grid), NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO MELTDOWN ~~~ A sustained electric power failure lasting several days would leave nuclear power plants unable to operate, unleashing a full meltdown.~~~~~ We already saw how a well-prepared country like JAPAN has been unable to bring its FUKUSHIMA nuclear power plant under control after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, leading to a meltdown. JAPAN will continue to dump millions of gallons of extremely radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean for at least the rest of this century. ~~~ READ ABOUT PREPAREDNESS for you and your PETS.~~~ CLICK ON IMAGE to read more

YELLOWSTONE ERUPTION OR NOT - BE PREPARED FOR ANY DISASTER - List of 50 PREPPER websites

A Yellowstone geologist stated that science can predict the MEGAVOLCANO behavior only as far as two weeks into the future - nothing more. Anything could happen beyond that time frame. ~~~ But Yellowstone is not the only threat on the horizon. ~~~ There are severe WEATHER EVENTS every year. ~~~ A SOLAR FLARE or a terror attack could unleash an electomagnetic pulse event (EMP) that would fry our grid and all electronics for a long time. ~~~ And then there are EARTHQUAKES ~~~ We have witnessed how incompetent all levels of government are to deal with these situations. We are on our own. So here is an article about the threat of the Yellowstone megavolcano. The article also provides preparedness tips for you, your family,and YOUR PETS for either evacuation or for hunkering down at home for an extended period of time ~~~ It includes a LIST of 50 PREPPER websites. ~~~ Illustration: Yellowstone magma pocket - by National Park Service ~~~ CLICK ON IMAGE to read article.

WHY DO MUSLIMS HATE YOU?

A good Muslim follows the Koran and Hadith to the letter. Read how those Muslim scriptures order Muslims to DESPISE AND KILL THE INFIDEL. ~~~ Muslims regard western values as repugnant, and many see jihad as justified. ~~~ Islam is not compatible with western culture. There can be no assimilation. ~~~ Abandoning Islam, or APOSTASY, is punishable by death. ~~~ Muslims have been waging war against other people since the 7th century. ~~~ It was always CONVERT OR DIE. Countless indigenous cultures and religions across Asia and Africa have been obliterated, forced to submit to Islam. ~~~ According to conservative estimates, Islam has killed 270 MILLION non-Muslims during 14 centuries of conquest and tyranny. That makes it the biggest GENOCIDE in history. ~~~ CLICK ON IMAGE to read why Islam hates you, in their own words, and learn more about the Muslim genocide

BRITISH TAXPAYERS OUTRAGED at EU spending their money building ILLEGAL ARAB SETTLEMENTS in Israel

FOR SEVEN YEARS ISRAELI AUTHORITIES HAVE DONE NOTHING to stop the EU building of illegal Arab settlements on Jewish land ~~~~~ While Israel has frozen construction across the Green Line, and razes the tiniest house addition or Jewish unauthorized outposts on the hills, Arabs keep building ILLEGAL SETLEMENTS with impunity, and with the funding and assistance of the European Union. Those settlements are in internationally-recognized Israeli land (Area C), thus the EU is not only violating Israeli sovereignty, but its own diplomatic rules of operation in foreign countries. - These illegal Arab settlements are meant to be FACTS ON THE GROUND for the eventual Muslim takeover of Jewish land - EUROPEANS DID NOT WANT JEWS IN EUROPE and murdered MILLIONS of them. Now they don't want Jews in their ancient homeland of ISRAEL either, call them "occupiers," and demand that the land be given to descendants of Muslims who invaded Israel in the 7th century. - The EU (inspired by the Nazi boycotts against Jews) already labels and boycotts products from the Jewish heartland - THE EU WAR AGAINST THE JEWS persists as they contract out the Arabs to continue Hitler's mission of killing Jews. Europe and the United States are the main funders of the Palestinian Authority, contributing to salaries paid to terrorists who murder innocent Israelis..CLICK ON IMAGE TO READ ARTICLE AND WATCH VIDEO

ISIS PLAN FOR INFILTRATING EUROPE AS REFUGEES

Along with Muslim refugees pouring into Europe there is a significant percentage of terrorists from ISIS and other Muslim factions. About 75% of those migrants are young men of military age. - This invasion follows ISIS threat earlier this year to flood Europe with HALF A MILLION MIGRANTS to unleash chaos. - The sudden spike in migration to Europe has been well orchestrated behind the scenes with the willing cooperation of Europeans. ~~~~~~~ Here we have a PERFECT STORM. (1) European leftist political elites need to expand their voting base with benefits-dependent migrants. (2) Business looks forward to cheap labor. (3) Leftists and media blatantly manipulate European shame for the Holocaust. Anyone opposed to this invasion is branded a RACIST.. - Basic math predicts an eventual demographic takeover of Europe by Islam. - The cartoon here has a an immigration officer asking jihadists "Anything to declare?" while they invade Europe - CLICK on image to read more

SATIRE - WHAT THE U.S. AND EU REALLY MEAN BY LAND FOR PEACE

Europe and the US commiserate for the loss of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. - But they obsessively demand that Israel be partitioned along borders only 9 miles wide at their narrowest point. - These borders and the creation of ANOTHER ARAB TERROR STATE under ISIS or Iran's influence will certainly lead to a Holocaust of 6 million Israeli Jews. - On this SATIRE White House aides promise that if the Arabs massacre the Jews in a shrunk Israel, Israelis should take comfort in the fact that the world will have an annual commemoration of their sacrifice for peace. - Image from Israel Matzav blog - CLICK on picture to read article.

THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR FRANCE - AND NO-GO ZONES MAPS

CLICK on image to read details and satire by Prof. Stephen Plaut ~~~~~ And on a serious note, to read about the No-Go Zones or Muslim statelets already existing in Paris and rest of France ~~~~~ This poster, created by Daniel Pipes in the aftermath of the January 2015 Muslim attacks on French citizens in Paris, reflects the formula championed by France for the partition of Israel for the creation of a terror Palestinian state in the ancient Jewish heartland of Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem ~~~~~ The poster reads: THIS ATTACK ONLY UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR FRANCE TO IMMEDIATELY ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRENCH MUSLIMS THAT WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF TWO STATES FOR TWO PEOPLES, LIVING SIDE BY SIDE IN PEACE AND SECURITY, WITH PARIS AS A SHARED CAPITAL

HITLER, THE NUREMBERG NAZI PARADE GROUNDS, and the resurgence of Nazi ideas in the EU

HITLER is gone but the relics of his Third Reich still hold Europe under his spell. - See PHOTOS of the NUREMBERG NAZI PARADE GROUNDS, and read about the plans for their renovation. - HITLER's racist and genocidal ideas now loom ever larger in Europe, as NEO-NAZIS, anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian LEFTISTS, and genocidal EU MUSLIMS find common cause in their hatred against Jews. - Germany will republish MEIN KAMPF in 2016. - Germany and the EU fund and organize BOYCOTT ISRAEL campaigns inspired by Nazi boycotts of Jewish stores in the 1930s. - Jews are being persecuted and MURDERED in the EU, mostly at the hands of EU Muslims. - Anti-Semitic activities in Germany alone rose by 1,000% in 2014, mostly by EU Muslims. - The NAZI-MUSLIM ALLIANCE that dates back to the 1940s, when the Palestinian leader, the Mufti of Jerusalem, joined Hitler in Berlin for the design and implementation of the Final Solution, and for the formation of a Bosnian Muslim SS Nazi division that perpetrated gruesome war crimes in Eastern Europe - CLICK on image to see Nuremberg then and now images, to read more, and watch VIDEO

IF JESUS LIVED IN JUDEA TODAY

Jesus would be called a "SETTLER" and Arabs would deny him access to Temple Mount (where Muslim conquerors erected a mosque), and to much of Judea and Samaria (West Bank), today under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA) where no Jews are allowed. ~~~ Jews who have ventured into the PA have been LYNCHED. ~~~ Jesus would not be safe anywhere in Israel. He would be pelted with ROCKS or STABBED for being a "settler". Or he would be DECAPITATED, as Arabs did to four rabbis praying at a Jerusalem synagogue in 2014. ~~~ If Jesus were a child he would be BURNED BY FIREBOMBS (as Arabs did to a child in December 2014), or have his THROAT SLASHED in his own home, as Arabs did to the Fogel children. ~~~ CLICK on image to read more about the Muslim war against Jews and Christians in today's Judea and Samaria.

DECEPTION AND CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE IN ISRAEL

The insidious and wicked influence of the powerful pro-Arab Jewish left in Israel, promoting partition and/or the end of Jewish Israel. - WATCH EXCELLENT VIDEOS exposing the truth behind the Palestinian claim to Jewish land and the LAND FOR PEACE HOAX - This PHOTO by Oded Balilty won a Pulitzer Prize, and shows Nili, a teenager, defending her land against goons sent by the Israeli government. She was badly beaten in what is now known as THE AMONA POGROM: Israeli pollice brutally expelling Jews from their homes - READ about this, about the political conspiracy of silence about issues that are crucial for Israel's long-term survival, and about the political mediocrity that is irreparably harming Israel. CLICK on image to read article and watch videos

ONE ELEPHANT IS KILLED EVERY 15 MINUTES ON AVERAGE

Elephants will be EXTINCT in the wild in less than 10 years. PLEASE DEMAND that wild elephants be better protected. Although rescue and conservation organizations do their best, elephants are still being murdered. Organizations raise orphans only to release them to places where they will be killed for their tusks. ELEPHANTS NEED TRULY SAFE RESERVES that can be properly patrolled and defended from poachers. Current protection arrangements are not enough. CLICK on image for related news story about an elephant orphan.

SKINNED ALIVE FOR THEIR FUR in Asia - Millions tortured this way - BAN THE FUR TRADE

Puppies live only a few months inside cages before being slaughtered, gone INSANE from cruel treatment. ~~~ A few adult animals spend their entire lives inside cages breeding more puppies. ~~~ See photos of CHINESE WORKERS GRINNING as they immobilize puppies by ELECTROCUTION and then skin them alive. ~~~ After that the tortured animals are tossed on a pile to AGONIZE IN EXCRUTIATING PAIN. ~~~ This is all LEGAL in China. ~~~ In S.E. Asian countries with animal welfare laws, they are not enforced. ~~~ The West buys these furs because they are classified as belonging to "RACOON DOGS" (relatives of dogs) and not to dogs.. ~~~ PETITIONS are not enough. ~~~ The fur trade in the West must be stopped altogether. ~~~ CLICK ON IMAGE to read story and see heartbreaking photos and VIDEO from inside a Chinese fur farm.

THE MAGIC AND MYSTERY OF CAVES

IT ALL STARTED WITH A MEATBALL

Arthur was a stray dog who decided to join a European Peak Performance Team during their treck through the jungle in South America. It all started when one of the members gave him a meatball. From then on Arthur followed them through all kinds of challenges. In the end his loyalty, bravery and devotion paid off. He was first accepted as the fifth member of the team, and later adopted and flown to Sweden to live with a loving family in a forever home. CLICK on the image to read this moving and amazing story.

PLEASE PROTEST THE POACHING OF PRECIOUS WILDLIFE

HOW THE ISSUE OF ABORTION DEFINES OUR SOCIETY - Planned Parenthood caught selling baby body parts

In July 2015 a top physician with PLANNED PARENTHOOD was secretly filmed talking callously about crushing babies and illegally selling their body parts. - But it's not only P.P's. fault. US authorities and women rights defenders continue to support P.P. no matter what, and so far there has been no effort to charge them with an ILLEGAL ACT. - CLICK on photo to read about this scandal and other related articles, such as aborted babies, along with other medical waste, being burned as fuel to heat buildings in Oregon and in the UK. - Image of a newborn by Joanne Collins

PALESTINIAN ARABS - NAZIS THEN, NAZIS NOW

Their leader during the 1940s, the Mufti of Jerusalem, lived in Berlin and closely collaborated with Hitler and his henchmen in the design and implementation of the Holocaust. ~~~ He also created a Muslim Nazi SS Division guilty of gruesome crimes in Eastern Europe. ~~~ Later he trained Yassir Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas to kill Jews and destroy Israel. ~~~ Today Palestinian Arabs profess admiration for Hitler and widely support his genocidal ideology. ~~~ They often praise Hitler, do the Nazi salute during military and student rallies, and display Nazi flags. ~~~ Photo Jerusalem Arab university students rally making the Nazi salute. (Photo Tom Gross Media.) CLICK on image to read more